City Council - Regular Meeting

City council, city of Rialto, the acting successor agency to the redevelopment agency, the Rialto Utilities Authority, the Rialto Housing Authority will come to order. At this time, we'll have the clerk call the roll. Mayor Vaughan. Present.

Excuse me. Mayor Proton Scott.

Present.

Council member Carla Perez. Present. Council member Montoya.

Present.

City manager Tanya Williams. Present. City attorney Eric Bell.

Present.

And mayor and Mayor Pro Town Council. Let the record reflect that council member Carrie Seltzeris will be not joining us at at closed session in nor the open session which I will announce again during the open session.

Thank you very much, madam clerk. At this time, we'll, call on our city attorney to, report, who we'll be going into in closed session.

Thank you, mayor. We have three primary items on your closed session tonight. The first is a conference with legal counsel with regard to one item of existing litigation. That item is specified in your report. Item two is a conference with legal counsel with regard to three items of anticipated litigation. The first item is a workers' compensation claim. I'd like to correct the name. It says Turner. It should be Cuellar, which is c u e l l a r. The second item is a workers' compensation claim for, Viola.

The third item is a dispute with Newland. And then finally, your third primary item is a conference with legal counsel with regard to a decision to initiate litigation. One item. That's it. Thank you.

Thank you. Are there any questions or anyone from the audience that would like to address any of the closed items? Seeing none hearing none. Do I hear a motion to close

so moved

motion been made by Mayor Pro Tem at Scott seconded by Council woman Carla Perez this time we'll close the closed session. City council will come to order. The city council, city of Rialto, the acting successor agency to redevelopment agency, the Rialto Utilities Authority, and the Rialto Housing Authority will now come in session. Will the clerk please call the roll?

Mayor Baca.

Present.

Mayor Pro Tempskop.

Present.

Council Member Perez. Present. Council Member Montoya. Present. City treasurer Korea.

Present.

City Attorney Eric Bell. Present. City Manager Tanya Williams. Present. And Mary come from and he will be absent this entire meeting.

Okay. Thank you very much madam Claire for the information. So if you could all please stand, we'll have the pledge allegiance that will be led by our city treasurer Edward Carrillo. I pledge allegiance to the flag of

The United States Of America

Scott Hart from the Rialto Calvary Chapel.

Let's go ahead and bow our hearts. Heavenly father, we give you thanks and praise for all of your mighty works, and father, you are a loving and good and gracious god. And we thank you for the death and burial and resurrection of your son, Jesus Christ, who has delivered us from our sins and has opened the way to your throne for the reception of our prayers, our praise, and our petition. We thank you, Lord, for our city of Rialto and our elected officials. We pray that you will grant our leaders the ability to act with wisdom and foresight, seeking your guidance in all their decisions.

And father, we ask your blessing upon our community. We pray for peace and prosperity for our citizens. We pray for the health and safety of our law enforcement and emergency responders. And father, as our council gathers today, we ask for your spirit of unity to be present. Help us to set aside our personal agendas or our differences and to work together in harmony for the welfare of this city.

Lord, you have ordained these governing authorities as your servants for the people good. And as your word teaches us, they are leaders and ministers of justice and order. And father, you have entrusted them with responsibility. And, father, we pray that you'll grant these council members wisdom, integrity integrity, humility so they will govern faithfully promoting what is right and restraining what is evil. And, father, grant those who serve this community just the wisdom to reflect your righteousness and care.

We pray for your guidance now as the council engages in its discussions and makes decisions. Grant the council members wisdom and guidance as they deliberate on the agenda before them. And may every decision be righteous in your sight for the benefit of the citizens and for your glory. And it's in Jesus name we pray. Amen. You.

If you can be seated at this point, we'll call on the city attorney to give us the report on closed session.

Thank you, mayor. We had three primary items in closed session. The first was a conference with legal counsel with one item of existing litigation. You heard a report from the city attorney's office, gave direction to the city attorney's office on that item. There was no other reportable action on that item. Item two was a conference with legal counsel with regard to three different items of potential litigation. Two of those were workers' compensation claims. You gave direction to special counsel and the city's HR director on both of those items. And item three was a dispute with the Newland company. You gave direction to city attorney's office, but there were no other reportable action on any of those three items.

Finally, there was a, conference with, legal counsel with regard to one item of a decision to initiate litigation. The city did not decide to initiate litigation at this time on that matter. Thank you. That concludes my report.

Thank you very much, city attorney. At this time, we'll move on to the presentations and proclamations. The first one that we have is the women's club of the, Rialto, an update by Elizabeth Holmes, president.

Good evening, mayor Baca and city council people and the city staff and all of those fine police officers or fire department representatives. I'm here on behalf of the Women's Club of Rialto, which is the oldest service organization in Rialto. It was incorporated in 1910 before the city was incorporated. And I have with me Diane Shields, a past president, and Sharon Hughes, a past club president. Thanks for being service projects throughout the year, and so I'm going to report on the statistics of what we have done this past year in 2025.

We did completed 43 service projects, projects, 4,952 volunteer hours. We donated $6,970 and we that was in cash and then in total in kind that's with equipment supplies etcetera it was $3,380.75. We raised $33,231. And I have reports for the council members, the mayor, the city manager, and I think the treasurer. The other thing that we're doing is April 24 in eight on 04/24/1890, Jane Cunningham Crowley established the General Federation of Women's Club.

There were world. And so we are having a special celebration celebration called so called Federation Day to honor tribute to our past club presidents. We found out through Lauren Pedrosa, just joined our club and who's a member of Rialto Historical Society, found out there's like over 30 club women buried in our Rialto Park Cemetery. So we're going to be placing flowers, we're gonna have a little ceremony and then we'll be placing bouquets on their graves April 24 and I want to make sure you are all are invited to attend. It will start at ten and it will be short, I would say thirty minutes or you know or less and so we we would really like to see some representation from the city and I thank you for letting me speak today.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And I will pass. Who do I give these papers to to pass? Okay. Thank you.

Well, first of all, Kathy, on behalf of the city council, we'd like to thank you and the women's club. First of all, for existing and being here prior to the city becoming incorporated and continuing to provide a lot of service to our community. I know that my wife, Barbara Baca, was a member of the women's club at one point. Maybe you can recruit her back. She's probably listening to me and probably say no.

No, I don't wanna be involved anymore. But we really appreciate all of the work that you guys are doing in our community. You ladies are doing an excellent job not only in in reaching out in the donations, but also with the date that you have on April 24. And hopefully, that members from the council will be able to attend if their scheduled permits. But again, we on behalf of the whole council, we we thank you very much, and we thank the women's club for all of the work they're doing in our community.

God bless all of you. Next, we have some proclamations that we have. What I've done is that I've distributed them to members of the council to give the presentation, so this way I would not be doing all five of them that we have. So we'll start with the first one on the the agenda and that's the proclamation for Earth Day that will be done by Carla Perez, Councilwoman Carla Perez.

Alright. Good evening. So Earth Day proclamation number three series twenty twenty six. Whereas since 04/22/1970, Earth Day celebrations have annually demonstrated a compelling commitment among millions of people to raise public understanding of the complex relationships that exist between people and their daily activities and the environment. And whereas whereas Earth Day symbolizes the importance our community places on environmental stewardship and serves to unify all of us on the practice of environmental protection each and every day.

And whereas the knowledge of ways to live in harmony with our environment and methods and technologies to accomplish this and already exist, and whereas local communities can do much to reverse environmental degradation and contribute to building a healthy society by addressing issues such as energy use, transportation, waste prevention, and sprawl. And whereas there are sound economic, environmental, and social reasons for local governments to initiate energy efficiency and renewable energy practices. And whereas the environmental realities of our time require humans to make a dramatic shift in our relationship to the earth. And whereas the city of Rialto hereby encourages its residents, businesses, and institutions to use Earth Day to celebrate the earth and commit to building a sustainable society. And whereas the city of Rialto commits to the support of programs that further the efficient use of clean, renewable energy within its borders.

Now, therefore, mayor Joe Baca of the city council along with the city council do hereby proclaim 04/22/2026 as Earth Day.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Mayor Baca, mayor pro tem, members of council, on behalf of public works, department, I'd like to thank you for this proclamation, and I would like to, invite you all to our Earth Day celebration this Saturday, April 18, at our maintenance, facilities parking lot where we'll have a short ceremony followed by planting of the trees. So, we look forward to seeing you all there.

Thank Thank you very much. Next proclamation we have will be done by mayor pro tem at Scott and that's Arbor Day. Good

evening, everyone. National Arbor Day proclamation number four, Sirius twenty twenty six. Whereas in 1872, the Nebraska Board of Agriculture established a special day to set aside for the planting of trees. And whereas the holiday called Arbor Day was first observed with planting of more than 1,000,000 trees in Nebraska. And whereas Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world.

And whereas trees can be a solution to combating climate change by reducing the erosion of our precious topsoil by wind and water, cutting heating and cooling costs, moderating the temperature, cleaning the air, producing life giving giving oxygen, and providing habitat for wildlife. And whereas trees are a renewable resource giving us paper wood for our homes, fuel for our fires, and countless other wood products. And whereas trees in our city increase property values, enhance the economy vitality of businesses areas and beautify our community. And whereas trees wherever they are planted source of joy and spiritual renewal. Now therefore, Joe Baca, the mayor of the city of Rialto and the city council do hereby proclaim 04/24/2026 as Arbor Day in the city of Rialto and urges all citizens to celebrate Arbor Day and support efforts to protect our trees and woodlands.

And further, I urge all citizens to plant trees to gladden the heart and promote the well-being of this and future generations. And I challenge the city council to each plant a new tree in their yard. I just planted mine this weekend.

Well, you took advantage. You already knew

it was coming. Well, they were on sale.

Now you're challenging us. They were on sale. So I challenged them. Did you buy us some so we could plant them? No. And

this is signed by Joe Baca and attested to by Barbara McGee, our city clerk. Sir, thank you. Thank you. Thank you for all you do.

Thank you very much. Thank you very much.

Thank you. We're gonna go a little bit off of the order that we have here. And next, I'll call on council member Edward Montoya to give us the proclamation on national public safety and telecommunications week.

So

I'm really excited to do to give this this proclamation today. Everybody knows that I love my first responder community. So proclamation number five series twenty twenty six, whereas emergencies that require police, fire, or emergency medical services can occur at any time. And whereas when an emergency occurs, the prompt response of police officers, firefighters, and paramedics is critical to the protection of life and preservation of property. Whereas public safety, telecommunicators are the first and most critical contact our citizens have with emergency services, and whereas each dispatcher has exhibited compassion, understanding, and professionalism during the performance of their job this past year.

Thank you guys for everything you do. I appreciate each and every one of you, and thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Council, a brief introduction of four of our dispatchers that are here standing behind me is Danita Madrid. Danita, Alma Delgado, Elizabeth Cardenas, and Jennifer Kuse. So these are just four of our dispatchers. I do wanna make a special notation just so the community and the council knows that it's built around service. So our one of our dispatchers, Vanessa Bohling, is not here tonight.

We just were told I was told earlier today that her daughter is being deployed. So I really appreciate that she's, you know, part of the US military and some of our dispatchers are on doing a send off with her tonight with her daughter. But just to kinda let you know what you have all asked for and what the community has now grown to expect from Rialto PD. And that is is that 99% of the 911 calls that come into our police department are answered in less than twenty seconds by one of the and the thank you. By one of the dispatchers here behind me.

They're the voice behind the call. We hear them, but we rarely see them even though they're visible for what we do every single day. 41,000 well, about 42,000 calls were citizens generated last year. Officers on top of that generated 51,000. We had another 31,000 of just business calls that came in.

Animal control, they take those calls. There were 3,800 of those calls. And then we dispatch priority zero calls, which are extreme emergent calls within one minute and thirty four seconds. And then our regular calls that are emergency calls that are not those pressing calls are in one minute and forty four seconds. We have a goal as a public safety team here to answer the calls and get them dispatched and give an officer on scene within now three minutes or less. We're still working on that goal, but that's where we're at. And they handled a total of forty one thousand one hundred and forty nine one one calls. So, if you wouldn't mind giving my dispatchers a great round of applause.

Thank you, mayor.

Thank you. The next proclamation is animal control appreciation week that'll be done by our city treasurer, Ed Carrillo.

Well, it's for my team, sir. Okay. Yeah. Thank you.

You don't have any reading glasses

on? No. Okay. Well,

I can't stall any further waiting on Scott. Alright. So this proclamation is number six series twenty twenty six whereas animal control officers and animal care personnel work tirelessly to protect animals, people, enforce laws, rescue animals in need, and promote responsible pet ownership. Thank you very much for that one. And whereas these professionals respond to emergencies, assist law enforcement, and safeguard public health through disease prevention and humane enforcement.

And whereas the Rialto City Council recognizes these professionals for their dedication and service often working in challenging and unpredictable conditions and fulfilling the animal controls department's commitment to providing the highest and the most efficient level of customer service. And whereas the Rialto City Council wishes to commend each and every animal control officer for their service honoring the vital work of these professionals. Now there therefore, I Joe Baca, mayor of the city of Rialto, and the city council does hereby recognize the week of April 13 through the nineteenth, twenty twenty six as Animal Control Appreciation Week. Be it resolved that the city council of Rialto call this observance to the attention of all our citizens. And

mayor and mayor pro tem and council, just so you know, these are just two of our three officers. We're still in the process of hiring our fourth. Luis Garcia is standing behind me. Madeline Astoriano, which was one of our newest ACOs. And of course, Carmen Sanchez, which a lot of our people in the community are starting to learn because remember for years we didn't have an animal control licensing person and that's what Carmen does. So thank you so much. Can you please give my folks a?

Next, I will be giving out the proclamation for the National nine one one Educational Month. Proclamation number seven series twenty twenty six. Whereas nine one one one national recognizes the numbers to call all emergencies to receive immediate help from police,

Whereas

fire emergency, medical services, and other appropriate emergency response entitles. And whereas 99111 was designated by congress by congress as a national emergency call number under a wireless communication public safety act of 1999. Whereas, the enhanced 911 act of 2020 of twenty o four public law nine zero four nine four establish and enhance a 911 as a high national priority as part of the national home life security and public safety, whereas the people of all ages use 911, and it is critical to educate, and I state to educate the public of all ages on the proper use of 911. And whereas a growing segment of the population including the deaf, the hard of hearing, the deaf blind, individuals with speech disability increasingly commute communicate with nontraditional text, videos, instant messaging, communication service, and anticipate that these services will be able to connect directly to 911. Whereas a thousand of 911 calls are made every year by children properly trained on the use of 911 resulting in the lives in which an underscored the critical importance of training children in the early life about 911.

Whereas, there is a widespread misuse of 911 system including pranks. And when a when a call is done like that and a prank is done, the parents are also fine if a child does that or an individual is doing that. So remember that. And non emergencies calls which result in costly ineffective use of 911 and emergency response resources. National one one one educational month.

Now whereas I, mayor Joe Baca, and the city of Rialto and the council members proclaim April 2026 as national nine one one educational month, I call upon the government officials, parents, teachers, school administrators, caregivers, business leaders, nonprofit organization, and the people and citizens of the City Of Rialto to absorb this month and train every individual and activity to educate the public on the use of nine one one service. In behalf of the city council, all members present here, and those that are not here, one individual that is not here, we'd like to present this proclamation and, like to congratulate each one of you. Thank you very much. Thank you for your service. They truly have saved the lives probably of many individuals and individuals that they've responded to by the calls on 991 that an individual's life is saved, maybe choking, may need assistance, but thank you for your service.

You are very valuable to the city of Rialto. Thank you. Thank you.

Mayor and council, just one last few thoughts, and and this is really for the community, is can I get all the firefighters to stand up for that are in the room, please? Also along with the police staff. So Yeah. Come on up. So while they're coming up, I I just want the council to to know and kinda much reinforce that what you've, again, what you've seen with your vision, and what we've actually put together here as a public safety team.

If you call 911 and any member in the community here in the city of Rialto, there's going to be over three hundred first responders that are part of the public safety team here. So when you call 911, you're going to get one of the professionals that are behind us that are going to come and either save your life or practically solve the issues that we try to do. So council, do your vision, mayor. What you've actually instilled in this community, I think goes unrecognized at times. But it certainly is a true entity of public safety that we have in Rialto that sets us apart from other cities. So thank you for that.

That concludes the proclamation. So at this time, is there anyone from the public that has indicated they want to address the council?

I guess I have Richard Johnson.

Richard Johnson.

Friends of the library.

My support team. My name is Richard Johnson. I'm with friends from the library. I thank the mayor and the council for giving us time with me is. Who are you? And Kathy Holmes. I'm the president until June. Kathy's gonna take over for us. She's gonna be a great addition to our our program. I'm here tonight to promote our annual spring book sale.

August from ten in the morning till four in the afternoon. The way this works is you cut we sell books from 50¢ on up. Come in, get a bag, Stater Brothers type of bag. And fill it up $5. We have other books.

I call them tabletop books for more money, and we have a table set up for collector's items, if you will. Some books are running up from this table. It's only going be open from ten to four. The cost of the books are going to start out probably around $85 We sold one for $145 last week. We sold one for over $200 on eBay a couple of weeks ago.

So they are very, very they're out of print. The authors are dead, gone, whatever. And if you go on, let's say, search one of these books on Google, they're gonna that's the prices you're gonna have. And the ones on Google were donated a stack of books that have never been opened. They are brand new.

We still sell them for the same price as you would get them as like you buy a used book. So that's what our sales are all about. All the money we make goes right back into the summer reading program. This lady here is the one who does all the work for the summer reading program. We just we just fund it. There's programs that come in that the library system has two or two libraries under it. We're one of them, and they present a what

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magician in. We had a more oh, I think the one that kids like the best are the reptiles. They're a little bit back off at first, but next thing you know, the kids are holding the snake, holding the lizards. They turn to their mom. Mom's out the door. Okay? They enjoy the heck out of this. Our job is to support that along with oh, we're bringing a Santa Claus, an Easter bunny. Who else we bring in? Oh, Legos. Oh my goodness. The kids love Legos. You go in, we have tables set up, and there's kids doing Legos. She will come to me and say, Rich, we need more Legos. It's amazing.

I've never heard one argument or any conflict with these kids. It's just amazing. And that's to me, that's what it's all about. And that's why I joined it and been with it for, oh my goodness, a long time. It it's it's the kids. And you see them, like I say, they're they're not fighting. They're just having fun. And these children are not all from the same school, not all from the same class. But they're getting together. They didn't getting to know each other.

Besides the reading program, this is it's it's amazing what goes on. We have this sale. The first Tuesday of every month, we have books of a bag sale. And then, of course, the other way we raise money, donations, donations of individuals and we have backing from a number of organizations that help us out a lot. So that's our that's my my my thing. You two have anything. Kathy wants to something.

No I just got elected president. I'm learning.

So okay, that's that's what I have. I thanked the mayor, the council. And you all we appreciate it. Come over and see us. Thank you.

Well, thank you very much, Rich, and and thank the the library and all the work that they do in not only providing an opportunity for many of our residents to come in and read news, the computers, that are also there too as well. And I'd like to remind the public that we have a publication that comes out here in the city of Rialto and that's the Rialto record and so any individuals we should always look towards advertising in our local paper that we have right in the area so our community knows of events that are coming up that they might want to go because not not everybody watches our our program here on watching the city council meetings but as long as we can can continue to communicate to our community of different kind of events along with a lot of the proclamations that were just given today of why we're even celebrating April too as well. So again, you know, thank you very much. With that, are there anyone else? No.

Hearing none then, we'll move on to the consent item. All matters listed under the consent calendar are considered to be routine by the city council, can be removed at any time, by any member of the council or any member of the public that wishes to address any of those. And if not, do I hear a motion to accept the consent calendar?

So moved.

Motion's been made by Carla Perez, councilwoman, and seconded by mayor pro tem escott. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Any oppositions? Hearing none. Motion carries. We'll move on to our tab items. We'll start with tab one.

Good evening honorable mayor, mayor pro tem, and council members. I'll be making a presentation on tab one. Tab one tonight is in regard to an annexation into Community Facilities District Number 2016 Dash 1. On 11/22/2016, the City Council adopted resolution number 7,031 forming Community Facilities District Number 20 Sixteen-one. The CFD was formed with the intention of having annexed into it in order to fund increased need for police, fire, and other public services.

So far 10 residential developments have annexed into the CFD. On March 10, the City Council adopted resolution number 8,479, declaring an intention to annex a new residential development that's known as the Haven Paseo into the CFD. The Haven Paseo project that is proposed to be annexed into the CFD is located at the Northeast corner of Foothill Boulevard and Spruce Avenue and it will consist development of 81 new condominium units. The current tax rate for condominium developments within CFD 20 Sixteen-one is $268.11 annually per dwelling unit with planned increases at the start of each fiscal year. The resolutions that are before the City Council tonight will complete the annexation of the development into CFD 20 Sixteen-one.

In conjunction with the adoption of the resolutions, the annexation into the CFD also requires special election voted on by the current property owners. In this case, there's only one property owner and that is the developer of the project. So with that, staff recommends that the City Council conduct a public hearing for the CFD annexation then adopt resolution 8,491 authorizing the annexation of the Haven Paseo project into CFD twenty sixteen dash one. Then adopt resolution number 8,492 calling for the special election. Then conduct the special election.

And finally adopt resolution number 8,493 certifying results of the special election. And that concludes my presentation. If you have any questions.

Thank you. This is a public hearing. Is there anyone from the public that would like to address this? Not do we hear a motion to close the public hearing?

So moved.

Motion been made by councilwoman Carla Perez seconded by council member, Edwin Montoya to close the public hearing. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Okay, now we'll move it for. We have to vote on that too, right? Do I hear a motion from?

Yeah, Council, we should take this in sequence. The first action while the clerk's reading the ballot would be to adopt resolution eight thousand four and ninety one, which authorizes the annexation.

So moved. Motion been made by mayor pro tem at Scott seconded by Councilwoman Carla Perez.

Do we need to adopt resolution eighty four ninety two?

Second.

Okay, it's most have been made and second it and there is one ballot with the clerk. You have another resolution. That's after you read the

Yeah. Pass.

Ed, lend her your glasses.

Why it is small? For the community for the community facilities this week, Number 2016 Dash 1 public service annexation nine. I have proposition a, yes. Proposition b, yes.

Very good counsel. That that completes special election. Now you can move to

Approval of

resolution eighty four ninety three.

Second.

Okay. Motion been made by again by mayor pro tem and Scott, seconded by Carla Perez. All those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposition? Hearing none. Motion carried.

Thank you. And that was for all of the resolutions that were read in. Thank you. Right.

Yes. Thank you.

Now, we'll move on to tab two.

Yes. Good evening, honorable mayor, mayor pro tem, members of city council. Thank you for the opportunity to report and discuss the annual comprehensive financial report, the act for presenting the audited financial statements of the city for the fiscal year ending 06/30/2025. I would like to begin by acknowledging all the hard work that went into the year end activity and the quality work product led by Janet in the finance department that produced this, as well as a completed trial balance that enabled the midyear estimates last December. So with that, I'd like to hand it off to Janet Franco, the city's deputy director of finance, who is responsible for preparation of the finance financial statements, and then we will hear from our auditors.

Good evening, honorable mayor, mayor Pearl Tam, members of city council. By way of introduction, the annual audit is one of several major activities in finance, which include budget, year end audit, long term planning, and analysis. The purpose of the act first to provide a year end review and to fully understand how the organization has performed over the previous fiscal year as reported by the city's audit from the Pun Group. The primary focus of our discussion will be on scope of the audit engagement, which includes the service the firm performs for the city and the phases of the audit. Results of the audit, which include an unmodified auditor's opinion, sometimes shorthand this term as clean audit opinion.

Meaning results are fair, reliable, and reasonable. Internal controls and compliance, deficiencies related to timing and error corrections. The financial statement results are presented as reasonable and in compliance with auditing principles. No fraud or abuse. With that, I will turn the presentation over to our contracted firm for for this audit, which is Punt Group. Thank you.

Good evening good evening, mayor, premier team, and city council members. My name is Mark. I'm the audit manager on this job. So we'll talk about the scope of work and require communication and the financial audit report results. So this year, we're doing the ACFR, which is the financial statement audit and also the South Coast Air Quality Management Special Revenue Funds report.

For the compliant work, we're done issuing the single audit and the our quality management district compliant audit. Also, we issued a gain limit. And also, we have the lighter communication with those charge risk governance lighter. The first one is required communication. The Penn Group compelled all the relevant ethics requirements requirements regarding the independence.

Significant accounting policy, including the GASB one zero one. The city disclosed all the significant accounting policy in note one to the financial statement. Significant as significant estimate including investment fair value, depreciation and amortization on capital asset, compasses absence liability, pension and OPEB. Sensitive disclosure include note one, two, eleven, twelve, sixteen, and eighteen. There were no material and correct misstatement this year.

Management informed us that there's no consultants with other accountants regarding audit and other matters. We encountered no sorry. We we encountered no significant difficulties in dealing with the management, and we do not have any disagreement disagreement with the management in term of the accounting treatments or the other procedures performed. Other results, we issued a unmodified opinion on the financial statement, which is financial statements are fairly presenting all material respect. Significant accounting policy has been consistently applied.

Estimate are reasonable, disclosure are properly reflect in the financial statement. We don't have a disagreement with management, and there's no accounting issue. We issued two fundings, which is twenty five zero zero one, internal control or financial reporting, and relate to the financial statement account review, deficits net position, fund balances, fund reclassification, and the restatement due to error corrections. Also, the twenty twenty twenty five dash zero zero two internal control over personal action from processing. That's it. Thank you.

Thank you.

So in conclusion, the document that the council has in front is a clean audit, and that means the audited financial states statements fairly and accurately represent the financial condition of the organization. That's the most important part. The audited results validated our estimates presented at midyear last December. And all of the internal discussions and findings have been addressed. And just by note that the lector treasurer and myself have had a chance to review and discuss beforehand. So that concludes our report, and we are available to answer any questions.

Are there any questions by any member of the council? Mayor Pro Tem Ed Scott.

I'm a little bit concerned about this. This came to the city council Thursday night. There's no way anybody on this council has had enough time between Thursday night and today to completely go through this audit nor did staff make any attempt to meet with us to see if we had any questions regarding the audit or any input from staff regarding the audit. Therefore, I will either vote no on this tonight or I'll make a motion to continue this till the next council meeting until the city manager and her staff make an effort to meet with the city council and go through this audit. There's just no way for anybody to go through this audit and come out and say that everything's okay.

Understood.

Not only that but this body is responsible for this audit ultimately. And to put this on us without any input from you is just not correct.

I agree with the mayor pro tem that basically the we probably should have a motion to put this over and bring it back at the next meeting and we have an opportunity to get input from city managers and others and then it gives us an opportunity to go over it a little bit further but you know, but I also like the fact is that there was no accounting issue. So, you know, in your report. So, which is a good thing. Is if there's no objection.

Motion to.

Do you want to make a motion?

Yeah, I'll make a motion to carry this over for two weeks to the next meeting.

I'll second that.

Motion's been made by Mayor Pro Tem Ed Scott seconded by Carla Perez. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Motion carries. We'll bring it over at the next for file and review. We'll move to tap three. Good

evening, mayor, mayor pro tem, and members of council. Tonight, I'm excited and pleased to present the Rialto Veterans Monument project. Back it up there. It's a, proposal to create a permanent tribute to the men and women who have served our nation. And first, I'd like to thank the Rialto Veterans Committee, whichcom is comprised of mayor Baca, council member Montoya, and city treasurer Carrillo.

It was their vision and commitment and championship that got us to where we are tonight. So I'll start off with the location of the monument that was chosen by the committee. It is the red star in this image, which is just west of the library, east of the police station, and north of the fire station. Project overview. So this project and concept was created, as I said earlier, by the Rialto Veterans Committee.

They met several times to develop what we are going to see in these renderings. And the committee the committee wanted to not only include past and present veterans, but also look forward and honor all veterans focusing on present, our past, present, and future service members with this monument. So the monument will have three primary granite monoliths, and I'm sure I will say monument and monolith and get tongue tied throughout this presentation. So forgive me with that. There is a fourth smaller scale monolith in the back, which will be approximately four feet in height.

The three primary granite monoliths upfront or are approximately eight feet in height. Surrounded by these monoliths that sit on a concrete pad, which is in a circular formation, will be semi semicircular benches. So this is the rendering that that was developed and what the completed monument will look like. I wanna point out the center monolith there has a mixture of engraved lettering or wording as well as stainless steel metal reliefs or pop outs. What's unique or very prominent about this center monolith is that it is the monument.

It it contains the monument's dedication, which says in solemn honor of the men and women, past, present, and future, who answered the call with unwavering valor and selflessness. Above that are the three branch insignias, the army, marines, air force, space force, coast guard. Did I forget one there? It was a test. Navy. Navy. Navy. Thank you. Can't forget them. Flanking that center monolith, you see two metal silhouettes or metal reliefs.

You have a male figure on the left, female on the right. Above each one of those silhouettes, you words duty, honor, country, bravery, sacrifice, and integrity. These reflect the values that define military service. On the base of each one of these is a light which will illuminate projecting shadows upwards. So you'll see some shadows from each one of the silhouettes as well as the insignias and American flag.

The bases of the three monoliths recognize those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Those will also have those will be metal reliefs as well on the on the bases. You have missing in action, prisoners of war, and killed in action. So the concrete walkways is at the forefront of this will connect with Willow Avenue, kind of in a starburst, pattern leading into those, eight foot tall, approximately 10 inch thick granite monoliths. In the back, I mentioned there was a fourth monolith.

This is the pin or anchor that anchors the monuments to the city of Rialto. It is a a smaller one, as I mentioned, about four feet tall, and it it reads, Rialto's veterans have contributed to every major US conflict of the last century. Their efforts efforts in in the the inland empire were particularly vital during World War two when the region served as a logistical hub. Today, that legacy lives on through the active veteran community and the men and women who joined the call to defend our freedom, carrying Rialto's tradition of courage and integrity forward. Here is the monument as well at a slight angle.

So you can see that fourth monolith in the back. And a couple things that I wanted to point out with this project is that it's it's unique. There is a lot of excitement behind this, not only with the veterans committee and the staff that worked on this, but also some of the the staff in other departments. So we're proposing a combination of contractual service as well as in house staff to construct this. We've also had some volunteers that that have come forward that have some desire to also participate.

And the thought with that is to do some of the unskilled labor, some of the excavation, the trench work for the electrical and irrigation, kind of a kickoff or groundbreaking ceremony if city council wants to do that. Also, donations. There has been talk about donations. There's been, and and I won't speak to the the companies or the volunteer, organizations that that have already come forward, but there are some. And because of that, in the budget appropriation and resolution, there is a line in there that any donations received because tonight's goal is to put use city funding to start this project.

There is a line in there that any donations received will go back into a donation account to help offset the cost, the city cost for this. So with that, staff recommends, approval of the Veterans Monument Project concept, approval of a resolution approving the funding, approve a contract with well, sorry about that. There's a typo, but it's actually cold spring. Authorize the city manager designee to execute all related documents and direct staff to proceed with the project. So with that, that concludes my presentation. I'm available for any questions. Thank you.

Before before we do, I'd like to make the motion and I'd like to have Edward Montoya second that if he would, the motion and then we'll get into discussion. I'd like to make a motion to approve this and then make some comments or some changes to as well. I second. Okay discussion.

Just just a comment.

I want to commend the committee and city staff for doing such a great job on this. It it it's really gonna be nice to see it out there, and it certainly is a memorial that commends those that have served our country. So, again, thank you guys for the great job you did. On the comment that I have is on the rear monolith. I believe that the wording, you know, should be in there modified a little bit and only because it should reflect all veterans.

Although it's it's the way it's worded, it's signifies like, you know, veterans only from Rialto. And and it should probably say Rialto is proud to honor the veterans who have contributed to every major US conflict, keeping everything the way it is. And then all the way, that it's there, and then it says, today, the legacy and lies are on through the active veterans community and men and women who have joined the call of duty freedoms carrying on the traditions of courage and integrity forward. That's the changes that I would recommend to it because this way would be inclusive of every veteran that lives in the city of Rialto or has moved to the city of Rialto but didn't get drafted or served or volunteered from this area by honoring every veteran.

So if you're okay with it if you're okay with it and if mister Creo is okay with it, I'll work with you guys, get the wording correct, and get that sent over to Tim. Alright. You okay? Are you guys okay with that? Okay.

K. With that, then let's call for a vote. If there's any other discussion.

Parent. Sorry, Mary. One other thing I think we want to talk about that, Tim, when we're expecting to unveil this.

Yeah. Thank you. So that's a a very key component here. We've been working with Cold Spring to try to expedite the development of the artwork and the granite. So they are shooting to deliver these items at the August. My goal would to be have this completed September. So and if the council desires maybe a September 11 unveiling, but we can we can work on that in

the future. But that is the target of that am pushing for is early September. Just one further comment. And and and and behalf of the the veterans committee, I I, you know, I personally wanna thank all the members of the veterans committee who has shared in in meeting and that's come up. And that included Tim Sullivan too as well that's a veteran.

So thank you very much too as well. I think it's an honor to a lot of our veterans because this is the first one that we're going to have in the city Rialto that would really pay tribute to a lot of our veterans. And I know that we have Memorial Day celebrates celebrations. So we'll be it'll be added to that process too as well as we look at Memorial Day, and then we look at Veterans Day too as well that's coming up in November. With that, all those of

Say one one last comment. I I wanna thank everybody for everything that that we did. I think it's going to be a really nice addition with the lighting, the stone, and the addition of our new police station. So with all that lighting altogether, it's gonna really light up that corner. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposition? Hearing none. Motion carries. Thank you. We'll move on to tap four.

Good evening, honorable mayor, mayor pro tem, and city council. Tonight, I'm requesting approval to purchase 13 ZOLL AutoPulse NXT mechanical CPR devices and four ZOLL x series advanced cardiac monitor and defibrillators. These units will replace aging equipment currently in service and will bring all of our 911 response apparatus up to consistent standards. Our firefighters and paramedics rely on high quality dependable equipment during cardiac emergencies, which are some of the most time sensitive calls that we handle. Standardizing all frontline units on the same ZOLL platform improves training, operational efficiencies, and data collection for our EMS quality improvement program.

This purchase totals $549,280.39.

Move approval. Motion's been made by mayor Perkin, Scott, seconded by councilwoman Carla Perez. Any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries. Congratulations. And congratulations to the fire department too and our new engines that we'll be getting in the future. That's the next item. Oh, that's

the next item. Don't don't give it to him before.

Yeah. Gotta make him work for

it. Okay. Fire chief, you have to work for it. They told me I was just gonna make the motion and just a lot of money.

Thank you again, honorable mayor, mayor pro tem, and city council Chris Jensen, fire chief. I apologize. I forgot to mention that in tab four. Thank you for opportunity to speak this evening. I'm here to present the fire department's recommendation to authorize the lease purchase of two Schmiel type one fire engines and one Schmiel 107 foot aerial truck, including all associated equipment for a total of cost of $5,749,000 $32.07, financed over a five year period at an interest rate of 4.65%.

As you know, Rialto's fire apparatus fleet is essential to our ability to respond quickly, safely, and effectively to emergencies. Today, several units in our reserve fleet have reached the end of their safe and reliable service life. These apparatus in particular, engine F097 with twenty years of service, engine F0108 with nineteen years of service, and truck F092 with twenty two years of service. They have all received a failing grade under the American Public Works Association replacement fleet replacement guidelines. These failing grades reflect not only their age, but increasing maintenance costs, downtime, and declining reliability.

Immediate replacement is necessary to maintain operational readiness. The acquisition of

Move for approval. These

motions have been made by Carla councilwoman, not Carla Perez, seconded by mayor pro tem Ed Scott. Any discussion?

Alright. I have a comment if

you don't mind. A comment by

It's she so I think that in future, should we look at making these kind of purchases, that I think that we ought to look at financing this in house, because I certainly would like to earn that 4.65% on my investment portfolio, and that would certainly be something that we should look at in the future.

Yes sir.

Okay, thank you. Any other discussion? If not, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion carries. That concludes the items on the agenda. Now we'll have move in to report by council members and the mayor and staff. So we'll start with start there. Mayor pro tem Ed Scott. Thank you.

I had the pleasure of attending the fire department's, pinning ceremony. I also got to the pleasure of assisting with the pinning of, division chief Ryan Kathy. Is that you back there, Ryan? And I I just wanna congratulate everybody, chief, for for your first pinning ceremony. It was very nice.

It went very well, and it was good to see you get pinned. So, again, I wanna congratulate everybody that got pinned and let you know that it was a really nice ceremony. Thank and then we had the opportunity to attend that was yesterday, wasn't it? Was it yesterday? The the Walmart? Friday. Friday. Friday. Friday, we went to the Walmart the new Walmart grand opening, the re grand opening of the Walmart up at the Baseline And Willow. And I will have to say that anybody that hasn't been into the new store, who has been into the old store, should now go and look at the new store because it's a really nice store.

Great addition to our community. So, it was a pleasure to be there also. Thank you, mister mayor.

Thank you. Next, I'd like to call on councilwoman Carla Perez.

Thank you, mayor. Yes. So I also had the opportunity to attend, the fire department's new hire promotion and awards night. So it's a great event. It was really nice to have our our chief officially welcomed, by his department. And, I also, joined the, re grand opening of the Walmart Neighborhood Market. The colors, if you guys haven't driven by, it just really pops. I didn't get a chance to go inside, but I heard great things. So I'm looking forward to doing some shopping in there. But, other than that, I'd like to, take a moment to wish our mayor pro tem a happy belated birthday.

We're not gonna say his age, but and also I'm sure. Tim Sullivan a couple of weeks ago. We missed his. Happy belated birthday Thank to you as well. And that's all. Thank you,

mayor.

Thank you. Not as old as others in this room.

Now that you made that comment, I'm in better shape than the other guy that just had his birthday. Well, all they have to do is look at one another. Look at my presence. Look at your presence. See if you hadn't said anything, we wouldn't have gone there. But since we went there. Next, I'd like to call on council member, Edward Montoya.

Thank you, mayor. I'm gonna do things a little different today. Everybody already knows that I'm all over the city at events, ribbon cuttings, and schools and and I I want to briefly bring an incident that happened to me to the council's attention. It occurred on April 11, and sorry if I keep looking down, I I wrote it down because I don't wanna forget anything. I entered a store here in the city with my service dog, Sly, and I was immediately confronted by the business owner, and I was yelled at.

I was told to get the hell out of there, get my service dog out. I explained to them that I had a service dog. He didn't care. He continued to scream and berate me. And I informed him of ADA federal law. He didn't care. Get the hell out of my store. Get your dog out. You don't have the right to speak to me. I asked him if he or who he was. He explained to me that he was the owner, and it's his store. Get out. Now as a disabled veteran, this experience, it was disappointing. It was embarrassing. It was humiliating.

More importantly, it highlights a lack of understanding of ADA federal law. And incidents like this not only affect disabled veterans, but also our disabled residents as well who who rely on their service dogs or their service animals for daily independence and dignity. Now I believe that it may be beneficial for the city to consider sending a simple educational notice or implementing an ADA compliance notice to new businesses like maybe in their packets or even hosting a brief workshop. Just reminding them of their obligations under the Americans with Disability Act and the federal guidelines. And to ensure that this happens, I would be willing to make myself available to assist whoever is in charge of making this happen.

I thank you all for listening. Thank you for your time. Appreciate you guys.

Thank you, very much. We're sorry that that happened, and I'm sure that the the city will will put something together and and inform them. But we also should get the the Rialto Chamber of Commerce, involved in it in educating them so they can educate the business people in terms of, dealing with the the situation that, had not only happened to you, but could happen to any other individual, and to make sure that they have access to to their business. So, hopefully, we can work with them in developing some kind of a program and educational that can be done to inform the public in terms of allowing individuals who have an animal that is trained. So with that, thank you very much.

I'd like to now report, as far to the mayor, some activities. And, one of the, end of the areas that three of us attended, or actually, it was four of us that attended, and that was the grand opening of a new business in the, city of, Rialto. It's, Pinata, a Western Wear in Rialto that was attended by, did you attend, Carl? Okay. That was attended by, Edward Montoya, myself, and council member Andy Caraceras, that attended the opening ceremonies, of the grand ribbon that was done on that day.

So it's nice for any individual that now wants any western wear. They can go out, both male and female at the new business that we have in the city of Rialto. So that shows that we're progressing and bringing in new businesses into the area. Also attended the Fontana Rialto Alx Lodge officers installation that was just held, recently, here in the city of Rialto. And then, of course, I was able to tour the Rialto police new station too as well, and, hopefully, that, we'll be able to open it up.

I believe that it in July, the police station will will be to the public. So they'll see the new station and what we have in the area. I also attended the, along with some of my colleagues that were here, in attendance, and that was the egg extravaganza at Frisbee Park that was held on that day. So it was attended by Edwin Montoya and myself, that were present, on that particular day. And then I also attended the the West End Regional Navigation Center, that will be dealing with a lot of the homelessness.

It's a contract that we signed with, as one of the cities. There was eight cities that signed a contract to deal with a lot of the homelessness in the area. So this way, they will have a place that will be able to be housed, get medical attention, get assistance, and get job placement too as well. That'll be opening up in July 2027, I believe. That's the targeted date that they looked at in trying to deal with the homelessness as it's a growing crisis in a lot of our cities.

So we are proactive in that area, and Rialto is participating in it. Also attended the, Kenny Clark National Team, opening, that was done at Altus Academy. And this is, a team that'll be playing out of this area sponsored by Kenny Clark. For those of you that don't know who Kenny Clark is, he's a football professional football player that graduated from Carter High School, has been in the, football league now for ten years, NFL for ten years, mostly with the Green Bay Packers. And then last year was traded to the Dallas Cowboys, so that's who he's with.

But he's a resident and his mother is a resident, and they have a program that'll be available through this academy for kids that are interested playing football and furthering their skills. So I commend him for that. I also attended the senior disc disco prom at our senior center that was held here at the Grace Vargas Center. They tried to get me to get out there and dance, but I I didn't wanna get out there and dance because I I felt like I didn't have the moves that some of these seniors had. They had a lot of big moves in there, so I would be a lot slower than they would, you know.

And then, also like to, state that, I attended along with the council members present on this diocese, the Rialto Fire Department awards and pinning ceremony. So congratulations to all of the officers, and Matt Blanco did an excellent job in being the emcee, for the event, that was held on that particular day, that awarded a lot of the new police I mean, the new firefighters that we're gonna have along with those individuals that have been in the fire department. We didn't all get to get out there and pin someone. Someone was only privileged to do that, but I'm sure that in the future, some of us will probably be able to pin some of those new firefighters that get up there. So, but it was attended by and I wanna mention their names because they also attended it.

It wasn't just the mayor pro tem. It was myself. It was Carla Perez and Edwin Montoya that that attended along with our city manager. And then Cynthia, was also present. And then I believe, Tim, you were also present. Right? I missed it. You missed it? Okay. You must I thought I thought someone that looked like

I was probably on the TV congratulating somebody.

But that that concludes, my report. So now we'd like to move on with the reports from staff. So I'd like to start off with our elected officials first, and that's Barbara McGee, our city clerk.

I have no report.

Thank you. Next, I'd like to call on our city treasurer, Edward Carrillo.

Thank you, mayor. Yeah. I sat next to you at the fire department function as well. Yes. I attend. Congratulations. But I do wanna add to the comment regarding the Walmart Walmart neighborhood store. And I think I remember that that has been through a lot of transitions, right? When I moved here in 1990, it was the Ole's Hardware store and then it became the theater and now Rialto neighborhood store. Now, it's been remodeled and reopened. So, anyway, that's all I had to report.

Thank you. And and attendance at that one was also I attended that along with Carla Perez and Edward Montoya and our city manager attended along with our fire chief attended that and also our, police chief too as well attended. You know? So thank you. Next, I'd like to call on our city manager, Tanya Williams.

Good evening, mayor. I report this evening. Thank you.

Thank you. Well, Barbara McGee, of course. She also attended too as well.

Oh my god.

Well, I mean, they told me to point you out, so I I had to make sure that I pointed you out. No report. Our assistant city manager. No. I called on her. She said no report. Our assistant city manager, Tim Sullivan.

Thank you, mayor. No report this evening. Thank you.

Our city attorney, Eric Vail. Thank you, mayor. No report. Our police chief, Mark Clean.

Hello, mayor. Mayor Pro Tem. Just a a reminder, we're gonna be a little bit challenged over probably the next three weeks. I I sent you notification, but on May 7 is the fairly firm date for us to move from the old building to the new building. It will not be open to the public per se except lobby. We're trying to figure out how that's gonna work. And then they'll immediately, they meaning the builders will immediately start demoing the older police facility. And then we are still set for late July ish, maybe early August for the ribbon cutting. So more to follow, but just gotta be patient with this. It's gonna be a pretty massive three day move for us from the seventh to the tenth. Thank you.

Thank you. Next I'd on our FAR Chief Chris Jensen.

Thank you, Mary. I just have a couple of items. First, I just wanted to thank all of the council and all of those that participated in our award and badge pinning ceremony. We appreciated the support and the crews are still talking about how well everything came together and with the council being present. So we appreciate that.

I also wanted to let the council know that we have once again achieved the 2026 mission life line EMS recognition gold standard from the American Heart Association. This is the second year in a row. And that is relating to our ability to provide consistent, high quality system performance in cardiac arrest, STEMIs, and stroke care. I also wanted to thank the local Walmart for their thousand dollar donation that they provided to us on Saturday during their re grand opening. What a great event.

A lot of locals present and a lot of interaction. So it was really a lot of fun. I wanted to just shout out to our crews that assisted recently during two large scale fires in the neighboring community of Ontario. The Ontario Mills fire which has requested our truck company as well as the fire at the Kimberly Clark warehouse in which we sent an engine. And lastly, I just wanna thank you for tonight's actions. They will definitely save lives and property here in the in the city of Rialto, and I appreciate the action that you took and supported. Thank you.

Thank you. Next, I'd like to call in our Public Works Director, Eaz Ambremering.

Thank you, Mayor. Just a couple of quick items that I wanted to give the council an update on our ongoing work that our crew does for the stenciling project, the striping that we've done so far and we'll continue to do so. Several segments on Riverside Avenue, Seniors Way, San Bernardino and we're starting Randle next week, hopefully when the weather is warmed up because we need a little bit warmer weather to do that. We're also continuing our weed abatement. Our crews have completed 27 assignments.

Contract weed abatement contractor is also finishing up several projects. And our pothole, now that we've got our patch truck back, is actively performing pothole repairs just within the last month. We've completed 256 pothole repairs. Thank you.

Thank you. I think that's a blessing to members in our community to know that those potholes are being fixed especially when it rains and they resurface again. But thank you very much. Next, I'd like to call on our community development director, Christina Taylor.

Thank you, mayor. Nothing to report this evening.

Thank you. Next, I'd like to call on our parks recreation director, Cynthia Alvarado Crawford.

Good evening, mayor, mayor pro tem, and members of the council. Here's what's going on in Rialto. Feeding America senior meal distribution will be this Wednesday, April 15 at Grace Vargas Senior Center from nine to 11AM. The Department of Aging and Adult Services bus pass distribution will also be on Wednesday, April 15 at Grace Vargas Senior Center from 10AM to 11AM. Our teen mentoring program session for kitchen basics will be held at on Wednesday, April 15 at the teen center from four to 6PM.

Tiny tots April sessions egg hunt will be this Friday, April 17 at the Rialto Community Center from four to 6PM. We will be hosting a lifeguard certification course on April 17 through the nineteenth at Tom Sawyer Pool. For more information, you can call (909) 820-2633. Our Rock and Roll Saturdays, we will be at Rialto City Park this Saturday, April 18 from 11AM to 1PM. We will be having a senior tie dye spirit day, so bring out your tie dyes, stop by and take a selfie.

On Tuesday, April 21 at Grace Vargas Senior Center all day. And if you don't have any, I'll be happy to provide some. I have some leftover from the extravaganza. Our rack and roll billiards tournament will be held Thursday, April 23 at Grace Vargas Senior Center from 9AM to 5PM. Teen center social Anna May night will be Friday, April at the Teen Center from 5PM to 7PM.

And your save the dates, the women's club will be hosting their federation day honoring past club presidents on Friday, April 24 at the Rialto Cemetery at 10AM. Rialto on Wheels will be Saturday, April 25 here at the Rialto Civic Center from 9AM to 2PM. International Festival will be held Friday, May 1 at Rialto City Park from 05:30PM to 09:30PM, and our Memorial Day tribute will be happening Monday, May 25 at Rialto Park Cemetery from 10AM to 1PM. And that concludes my announcements.

Thank you. Just, wanna remind everybody on International Festival. This will be the first one we've will have had here in some time, I believe. So, hopefully, that, members in our community or individuals that would like to participate make sure that they contact, either Cynthia or Barbara McGee too as well. With that, then I'd like to call on our, finance director, Scott Williams. Thank you. Next, I'd like to call on a human resource director, Shama Karen.

Thank you, mayor. Next,

I'd like to call on utilities director, Shashim. Thank you. That concludes the reports of all the members of the staff and the council. Do I hear a motion to adjourn?

So moved.

Motion's been made by, councilwoman Carla Perez, seconded by, council member Edward Montoya. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposition? Hearing none. Council's adjourned.